Ex-Coxswain William G. Sutton, of Kingsdowne, who died on 29th Septem- ber at the age of seventy-seven, had been an officer of the life-boat for over sixteen years. He was second cox- swain from 1910 to 1921 and coxswain from then until 1927, when the station was closed. During those sixteen years the station had rescued 66 lives. The chief service in which he took part was the rescue of the crew of 52 of the steamer Sibiria, of New York, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in November, 1916. William Sutton, her second-coxswain, was awarded by the Institution its thanks inscribed on vellum, and a gold medal by the President of the United States. On his retirement he was granted a pension and a certificate of service..